The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-02

VINO are 50 situated as 10 aVali themselves or
the benefits Of it, as well as a saving OF bar
rels, freight leakage, storage, commission,
etc, under which the producer has long
labored and groaned. As to the remunera-
tive results to the company we are unable
TO answer, but it is said that the plan has
been in operation on other lines of railroad
and has proven beneficial and satisfactory to
all parties.
At Macon Saturday a meeting of the
druggists was held over Payne g. Kings,
and Dr.. j. w Goodson was called to the
chair, Campbell King was made secretary,
and the following agreement was drawn up
and signed: 1--WE, the undersigned druggists
of Macon, agree to observe faithfully the
following rules and hours in our Sunday
business: To sell no cigars and soda
water nor other general merchan-
disc, and TO keep our stores open on
Sundays until 1890 o'clock in the
morning. and from until in the evening
Signed, John ingalls,, n. |. Bruner, Hunt q
Shelverton, L. w. Hunt & Co., Massenburg
& Son, Lamar, Rankin e. Lamar, Dewitt
McCrary, Rankin & Co., Payne &; King,
Sol Hoge. 1t was then resolved that DR..
John ingalls, should go before Judge Sim
mons with this agreement, and plead a miti-
CATION of whatever fines are imposed on the
druggists who have been indicted. 1t is
thought that all the druggists in town. with
ment.
A delegate from North Georgia to the
Baptist convention recently assembled in
Albany had evidently heard of the burglar
sensation in Albany in March, and enter
tanned some apprehension that burglars still
infested the city. The reverend gentleman
reported that his wife had five children by
her first husband and he had six by his first
wife, and that there were eleven
Obi Il la4e h.
This state of facts made it i'm
perative that he should care for what he
had. His line fell in pleasant places here, as
he was assigned to one of the most com
Portable homes Of the city On re-
firing for the first night of his sojourn in
our midst he carefully concealed his posi-
bly, plethoric pocketbook under the pillow
ON which he laid his head to dream, per-
chance, of the old woman who lived in the
shoe. After refreshing nights rest he
walked to a realization of the balmy morn,
and, being lost in contemplation of AL
bany's beauties, he forgot his pocketbook
The servant, going to the room to arrange
it, found the forgotten treasure, and re-
stored it to the rightful owner, who ex-
planned that he did not know but what AL
bany was still infested with burglars.
At Augusta Saturday S. NJ. Savage re-
ported that two Mormon elders came to his
nOu5S ldSb week WlUnOuU an 1flNlJdulOn ana
began making themselves at home Mr.
Savage lives in the One thousand two hun
dred and sixty-ninth district of Richmond
county, out beyond the Sand Hills He
says that they told him they were ministers
of the Church of Latter Day Saints and
wanted to preach their doctrine in his neigh
borhood. Mr. Savage at first did not ex-
actly understand what they meant, but
finally drew out that they
wara Moffrnp ,,r.aooborc act 10
afternoon they gave out in the neigh
borhood that they would preach
at an old abandoned Methodist church
Quite number of the substantial citizens
attended, and when the preachers came to
the door and announced that services were
about to begin, they were informed that it
would probably be best for them not to at
tempt 1t, whereupon the preachers, after
some parleying, left. Mr.. Savage reported
that the feeling against these tramps is quite
strong IN his settlement, and would not be
surprised if some of the ''boysn did not take
them in hand if they persisted in attempt
ing to poison the minds of the female por-
ton of the community with their repulsive
doctrine
There arrived at Macon on the South
western train from Preston Saturday after
noon United States deputy marshal hav-
ing in charge q man Who gives his name as
warrant charging him with counterfeiting
was Issued Bartlett has been going through
the country in the neighborhood of Web
Ster and Stewart counties riding mule and
dropping counterfeit dollars wherever he
could buy Sc worth of tobacco or pay &c. for
a meal. Several of the poor people of Web
ster had become victims, and Sheriff Davis
was called upon to arrest him, which was
done after considerable manneuvering at
the bOuSp of 81 man nn1nad Roll in, Stou,, -
county. Sheriff Davis arrested him while
at the supper table, and Immediately dis
armed him of his pistols and knife Bart
lett was handcuffed and taken in the dark
night to the home of Mr. w. H. Mercer, and
while on the way succeeded In getting his
hand into his saddle-bags and taken there
from quantity of the spurious coin. While
on the way TO Jail at Preston it became
necessary for the Sheriff and his posse to
stop on the way, and, while stopping, Bart
lett succeeded in hiding under under some
leaves three packages of the bogus money
wrapped up in rags. When the Jail at Pres
ton was reached the Sheriff searched his
prisoner and found the money gone. He re-
membered that while stopping in the road
Bartlett fumbled considerably in the leaves
on the ground, and concluded to go back
He did so, and found the package of money,
amounting to S24. The prisoner had a like
amount of good money on his person, be-
sides 81 taken from his saddle-bags. He was
held to answer. During the trial telegram
was received from Huntsville, Ala, saying
that Bartlett was one of gang of counter
feiters, and that three of them had been
captured in Franklin county, of that State.
FLORIDA.
Daytona will soon have a livery stable.
Enterprise wants a new railroad station.
Kissimmee is to organize fire company
A Barlow paper had the first watermelon